Major League Soccer is still figuring a lot of things out. But Obafemi Martins, who does a lot of things well and does everything quickly, could offer an answer to the identity crisis that has haunted the league since its beginning. He's that fun, and that good.

For the third generation of a Royals-loving family, Kansas City's team had come to mean a great many things, none of them synonymous with happiness or success. Over the course of one wild October all that -- and most everything else having to do with a Royals-based worldview -- has been turned upside down. It's a good thing.